Jessica Simpson Shares Amazing Throwback Pic With Ashlee Simpson Ross and...a Time-Traveling Britney Spears?

Mogul mama astutely notes the resemblances between certain family members and pop stars

By Rebecca Macatee Jan 30, 2015 9:55 PMTags
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Jessica Simpson and Britney Spears are around the same age, so, uh, what's going on here?

This pic makes it look like Brit, now 33, is the mother of Jess, now 34. But look closer, y'all—that's not Britney Spears! It's Tina Simpson, mama of Jessica and Ashlee Simpson Ross. And apparently back in the '90s, Tina looked a li'l like a "Baby One More Time" version of the princess of pop!

Jessica rather astutely noted this Thursday when she Instagrammed this "#TBT When my Mom looked like Britney Spears..." She also noted that her dad, papa Joe Simpson, "looked like Troy Aikman"—the former Dallas Cowboys quarterback!

"This picture makes me :)," wrote Jess, now a mother of two herself! Her sister Ashlee will be a mother of two in a matter of months, too! The 30-year-old singer and Evan Ross are expecting their first child together. Ashlee has a 6-year-old son, Bronx, with ex-husband Pete Wentz.

By now, the Simpson sisters are used to life in the public eye, but that hasn't always been the case! Last year, Today's Savannah Guthrie asked Jess what she would like to tell her pre-fame self. Her response? "Hold on!" she said with a laugh, "You know, I think that more than anything, I would just tell myself to get ready, saddle up. It's gonna be a long ride!"

"I couldn't be happier to have this," she added, "and I feel very blessed, and my kids inspire me every day to be a better, harder working mom."

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